Laura Myntti

Laura Myntti

Laura Myntti

Laura Myntti
Born Laura Jane Myntti
1962
Minnesota
Nationality American
Education University of Idaho and University of Paris-Sorbonne (then University of Paris IV)
Known for Painting, etching, drawing, found objects, mosaics, photo collage
Notable work "Portrait of Susan Knowles", "Marriage Series", "Family Series", "Dining Room", "Women in Love", "Lillies"
Movement Oak Park Area Arts Council, Self Help Graphics & Art
Awards Best Print Award, All Alaska Juried Exhibition (1988); Alaska State Council on the Arts Research Grant (1989)
Website Myntti.com
Elected Member, Regional board of directors, UNICEF; Women's board member, Adler Planetarium

Laura Myntti (born 1962, Minnesota) is an American artist noted for her paintings, etchings, and in situ drawings; she also works with found objects, mosaics, and photo collage.[1] Her artwork is widely exhibited, and her collections are held in a variety of museums.[2][3][4][5]

Background

Laura Myntti was born in Minnesota, and lived in Sioux City, Iowa and San Diego before settling in Salt Lake City in 1968. She then moved to Newburgh, Indiana in 1977 was married in 1985, then moved to Anchorage, Alaska. This marriage ended in divorce in 1988 when Myntti left to attend Kansas State University. She created art in Boston, London, and New York[3] before residing in River Forest, Illinois for over a decade.[6] Myntti has two children, a son (born 1993) and a daughter (born 1997).[7][8]

Myntti attended Indiana University for one semester before transferring to University of Idaho. In 1982, Myntti took a semester off to work in New York as a temporary editorial assistant at the UNICEF headquarters.[6] She returned to the University of Idaho to graduate with a BFA, Fine Art in 1984,[9] spent one summer in Houston, Texas and moved on to study at the University of Paris-Sorbonne (then University of Paris IV) where she obtained a Certificats de Langue et Civilisation , French, Philosophy in 1985.[7][10]

She was invited in 2005 to work with a master printmaker at Self Help Graphics & Art as a non-political artist to add diversity to the works of the community arts center, a politically and culturally driven center for artwork.[6]

Artistic Approach

The Oak Park Journal said that "Ms. Myntti's work is inspired by the daily experiences of life, including interpersonal relationships, family and marriage. She often uses vivid, expressive colors in her paintings."[3] The Spokesman-Review described the vibrant, expressive colors and simplified forms in her paintings as being "reminiscent of the early 20th-century Fauve movement", and also quoted her to have acknowledged that her art professors at the University of Idaho always said she was never afraid to use color, she is attracted to discordant colors.[9] "These paintings are experimental and fun", wrote Jan Ingram – in the Anchorage Daily News of January 30, 1994 – about some exhibited work of Laura Myntti.[4] "They tell stories of domesticity, relationships won and lost, feelings expressed and repressed, experience gained and given", admitted Lianne Williamson – two years later in the same newspaper – about her exhibited works at the Nordic Heritage Museum. She also acknowledged that "with regard to style, Myntti has stated that her influence are deeply rooted in the modernist tradition".[5]

According to Eric Swenson in the Anchorage Daily News, "for Fairbanks painter and printmaker David Mollett, "humor is one of Myntti's many strengths. Most artists are so serious. Without cartooning or being cute or charming, Laura manages to be very funny. Her humor is good natured and subtle, but there's also and edge there, that comes from her sincerity.""[11]

Works of Art

There are many recognized pieces of artwork by Laura Myntti. Some include:

"Susan Knowles" by Laura Myntti, 1995
"Portrait of Susan Knowles", wife of Tony Knowles (the former Governor of Alaska), is one of the widely recognized works by Laura Myntti. According to Reflex, "Knowles's mouth in telegenic smile is the focus of the painting and serves as an epiphany for the lot of a politician's wife".[12]
"Marriage No. 10" by Laura Myntti, 1997[5]
"Marriage Series" of paintings by Laura Myntti is described in Reflex as "a set of variations on domestic themes that capture moments of anger, adoration, or the welter of other feelings that make up a marriage".[12] According to Pioneer Press, it "tracks the varied moods and phases of the wedded state".[7]
"Family No. 14" by Laura Myntti, 2000
"Family Series" of etchings by Laura Myntti is one of her more figurative series that is widely recognized. The "Family No. 9" is featured in the Pioneer Press of February 16, 2000. The Pioneer Press said "she can wink at human frailties while celebrating the rather ordinary but inherently complex ties we have to others ".[7]
"Dining Room" by Laura Myntti, 2002
"Dining Room", an oil on canvas by Laura Myntti is reviewed by The Spokesman-Review as depicting the 'dining room' as a very intimate space, "even though there are no people in it, there is definitely a scenario going on". The painting was exhibited – along with other of her artwork – at The Prichard Art Gallery (of the University of Idaho), Moscow, Idaho in October 2002.[9]
"Woman in Love No. 8" by Laura Myntti, 2009
"Women in Love" was the theme of Laura Myntti's show of April 2009 at Association Pour L' Estampe at L'Art Populaire in Paris.[6] According to Pioneer Press – Oak Leaves, the exhibition of etchings were inspired by "a large box of carefully collected photographs from the 1930s, '40s and '50s"; it described her etchings the "Woman in Love No. 8" as "reminiscent of a Matisse painting", and admitted that the exhibition is very strong with the etchings nearly selling out.[13]
"Lillies" by Laura Myntti, 2010
"Lillies", an oil painting by Laura Myntti was exhibited – along with other of her artwork – at Expressions Graphics Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois in June 2011.[6][10] It is featured in the Wednesday Journal of January 18, 2011.[6]

In the words of Ralph J.Bellantoni, as published in the Courier News of April 27, 2000, "Myntti works along thematic lines and has evolved a number of series of prints and paintings over the course of her career". Some other recognized series of artwork by Laura Myntti include: "relationships series", "party series" and "piano series".[14]

"The work Myntti is best known for is her portrayals of human subjects amidst rich interiors. She takes moments from her subjects' lives and paints a story about them."[15] This acknowledgment is by Alice Whitaker in the First City Scene section of the Ketchikan Daily News of March 5–6, 1999.

Collections

Laura Myntti's artwork is in the permanent collections of many museums, including:[3][6]

According to Pioneer Press, "Myntti's missile/aircraft-inspired collection creates a combined tone of delirium and audacity".[7]

Catalogs

References

  1. ↑ "Oak Park Area Arts Council ~ artists – m". Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  2. ↑ "Laura Myntti". North Coast Journal. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "LAURA MYNTTI KICKS OFF TOUR AT EXPRESSIONS GRAPHICS". Oak Park Journal. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  4. 1 2 Jan Ingram (January 30, 1994). "A playfully feminist exhibition from painter Laura Myntti". Anchorage Daily News.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Lianne Williamson (June 29, 1997). "Artist explores female existentialism". Anchorage Daily News.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Deb Quantock McCarey (January 18, 2011). "River Forest artist co-chairs UNICEF's upcoming gala benefit". Wednesday Journal. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Lucia Mauro (February 16, 2000). "Aircraft fascination lands in art". Pioneer Press. p. B3.
  8. ↑ "Laura MYNTTI". Vilppula.com. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  9. 1 2 3 Julianne Crane (October 3, 2002). "Myntti doesn't skimp on color – University of Idaho grad shows work at Prichard Gallery". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  10. 1 2 "Laura Myntti – New Work". ExpressionsGraphics.org. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  11. ↑ Eric Swenson (October 13, 1995). "MYNTTI: Anchorage artist paints with passion, humor". Anchorage Daily News. p. F2. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  12. 1 2 Eric Swenson (November 1995). "LAURA MYNTTI at GALLERY 154, FREMONT FINE ARTS FOUNDRY (Seattle)". Reflex. p. 9.
  13. ↑ Stephanie Fosnight (June 25, 2009). "Box of photos inspires 'Women in Love'". Pioneer Press – Oak Leaves. p. B1. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  14. ↑ Ralph J.Bellantoni (April 27, 2000). "Artist's passion for life reflected in her work". Courier News.
  15. ↑ Alice Whitaker (March 5–6, 2009). "Laura Myntti takes a detour". Ketchikan Daily News. p. 2.
  16. ↑ "Laura Myntti by Douglas Davis". AbeBooks.com. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  17. ↑

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